Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
The Revelaires* Cab Driver Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

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